As a new software engineer, should one stay at a company for longer than one or two years?

Does it make sense to learn Kotlin with no prior Java experience?

What are some of your favourite algorithms and why?

As a software developer, how can I better utilize my morning time in the office?

Are there any habits/strategies that you follow? My morning mostly consists of coffee, meetings, replying to emails etc. How can I devote more to programming and better utilize my time?

What server automation tool do you use?

I am new to this and I have almost made my decision to go with Ansible. But I would like to have some opinions here.

What do you look for when hiring front-end developer?

I know asking a set of front-end questions aren't going to land you an awesome passionate developer. How do you find out the right candidate for your product esp. when it's a startup? What would your strategies be?

Do you force SSL in your web app?

Getting an SSL cert via LetsEncrypt is easy. I don't think there is no reason not to use SSL by default. What do you guys think?

Architecture : How would you go about building an activity feed like Facebook?

I always wanted to ask this question. Now that I am going to work on a project involving activity feeds I would like to ask this one. What architecture, tools and strategy will you use to design an activity feed like Facebook? There will be multip...

Which is a better NodeJS framework for building a REST APIs that can plug well with EmberJS?

Started working on an EmberJS project. Looking for good NodeJS frameworks. Please suggest.

PaaS or IaaS : Which one do you prefer and why?

I am building a Java app and I want to make it live quickly. I don't have much experince with DevOps as well. I am considering hosting it on Heroku. As it is very expensive, I am considering using DigitalOcean or Linode or AWS. Again, as I am very n...